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Trump swearing-in will move inside Capitol Rotunda because of intense cold

Jan 17, 2025, 9:32 AM

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Workers continue with the finishing touches on the presidential reviewing stand on Pennsylvania outside the White House Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Washington, D.C., ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. (Photo: Jon Elswick via AP)

(Photo: Jon Elswick via AP)

WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥 President-elect Donald Trump will take the oath of office from inside the Capitol Rotunda on Monday due to forecasts of聽. 聽 was last moved indoors in 1985.

鈥淭he weather forecast for Washington, D.C., with the windchill factor, could take temperatures into severe record lows,” Trump posted on his Truth Social platform. 鈥淭here is an Arctic blast sweeping the Country. I don鈥檛 want to see people hurt, or injured, in any way.鈥

The Rotunda is prepared as an alternative for each inauguration in the event of inclement weather.聽聽was last moved indoors in 1985, when President Ronald Reagan began his second term. Monday鈥檚 forecast calls for the lowest inauguration day temperatures since that day.

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Alternate plans are required for the more roughly 250,000 guests ticketed to view the inauguration from around the Capitol grounds and the tens of thousands more expected to be in general admission areas or to line the inaugural parade route from the Capitol to the White House.

Trump said some supporters would be able to watch the ceremony from Washington鈥檚 Capital One Arena on Monday, a day after he plans to hold a rally there. He said he would visit the arena after his swearing-in.

The National Weather Service is predicting the temperature to be around 22 degrees at noon during the swearing-in, the coldest since Reagan鈥檚 second inauguration saw temperatures plunge to 7 degrees. Barack Obama鈥檚 2009 swearing-in was 28 degrees. Adding to the bite: Wind is forecast to be 30 to 35 mph, sending wind chills into the single digits.

Trump鈥檚 inaugural committee and the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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